The world in which the World Food Programme (WFP) operates today is characterized by a rise in hunger happening faster than at any previous time in the 21st century.
The UKaid contribution, through the British Embassy Kathmandu, comes at a time when monsoon floods, on top of the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, are disrupting livelihoods and exacerbating food insecurity and malnutrition for many Nepalis.
This funding is in addition to the £4.49 million (NPR 678 million) WFP received from the UK Government in December 2020 towards th
Famine looms in southern Madagascar as communities witness an almost total disappearance of food sources which has created a full-blown nutrition emergency.
Peru has achieved remarkable economic growth in the past 20 years. In 2008, it was classified as an upper-middle-income country. In the same period, poverty halved and chronic malnutrition among children aged under 5 decreased.
On 24 March, a commercial convoy of 44 trucks carrying WFP food assistance came under attack from armed gunmen between Gadiang and Yuai in Jonglei State.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is, alongside Afghanistan, Yemen and Syria, among the World Food Programme’s biggest emergencies – reeling from decades of conflict and climate change that continue to reduce people’s access to the most basic foods, increasing hunger to unprecedented levels.
As WFP grapples with a global funding crisis and growing humanitarian needs, the horrific stories
The evaluation covers Kenya SDG joint programme for social protection that was implemented between January 2020 - September 2022. It was carried out in 2022/2023 and covered the following activities: a) Capacity strengthening and b) social protection.
The evaluation has had the dual objectives of accountability and learning.
The study is commissioned by the WFP Country Office Bangladesh (WFP CO) and assesses the baseline situation during the period January 2021- March 2021 for the FY2020-2023 grant (henceforth referred to as FY20). The study was scheduled during the period August 2021– December 2021.
WFP has also received US$1 million from the Republic of Korea for the second instalment of its 2020-2021 contribution to Lebanon — that is part of a US$3.8 million package WFP received from Korea in December 2020 to provide assistance for Syrians inside their country and in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey.
In Turkey, US$1 million from Korea will help WFP equip Syrian refugees with the skills they ne